Kirkby in Merseyside is just six miles from Liverpool and was voted the worst ... In 2019, Knowsley Council bought the town centre for £43.6 million after years of failed private investment.

Kirkby Town Centre is set for even more major change ... contributing to the Kirkby's ongoing transformation alongside the ...

Kirkby town centre is known locally as the “Towny”. At one end of St Chad’s Parade is the covered market and at the other a public library in a grim grassy square formerly a car park.

"I'd also like to see some of the money spent on the market and although there's nice plants and things around, I think the town centre could do with a lick of paint." It's clear people in Kirkby ...

Popeyes opened its first Liverpool site on Lord Street in November 2022 with queues stretching through the city centre ... "Our new Kirkby restaurant follows the success of our two other locations ...